News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age Hits 12 Years. Parent comment

Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by chiph on Sunday June 20, 2021 @02:00PM (#27572403)
My DVD based navigation system is on the newest maps it will ever have .. from 2015. It'd be nice if the data & build tools became open-source after being abandoned for ten years, but it's not up to Toyota - it's up to Garmin/Kenwood/etc. that built the unit for them.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by nradov on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:27PM (#27575693)
Garmin at least continues to provide map updates even for quite old GPS units.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by asdff on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:56AM (#27576679)
At least for now you can still swap out head units in cars.
[ Parent | on HN ]